Darmsden in the Domesday Book

A village in Bosmere hundred, in the county of Suffolk.

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, twenty-five
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 3 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edeva the fair
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 16 shillings in 1066; 9/2½ in 1086
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Mills: 1

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Cyneric of Darmsden
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Nardred (subinfeudated); William (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 3 smallholders
  • Meadow: 3 acres

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2/4¾ in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough